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CVE-2016-1000345GHSA-9GP4-QRFF-C648

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DHIES/ECIES CBC mode vulnerable to padding oracle attack.

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Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.56
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DHIES/ECIES CBC mode vulnerable to padding oracle attack. For BC 1.55 and older, in an environment where timings can be easily observed, it is possible with enough observations to identify when the decryption is failing due to padding.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

  • org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14Maven

    fixed in 1.56

  • org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15Maven

    fixed in 1.56

  • org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15onMaven

    fixed in 1.56

References 7

lists.debian.org

access.redhat.com

usn.ubuntu.com

oracle.com

security.netapp.com

GitHub · bcgit/bc-java